If you’re a smartphone user that likes to travel a lot, then a decent GPS navigation program that supports offline maps for decreased data usage and increased battery life is probably important to you. Sure, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango comes with a sort of okay GPS navigation program, but Navigon plans to release something much more feature-rich and useable. A new version of Navigon for Windows Phone will support offline maps, as well as offer …
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AT&T LG Thrill 4G Unboxing (Video)
The LG Thrill 4G comes in your average orange AT&T branded box that contains the phone, a battery, a wall charger, sync/charging cable, HDMI cable, and some guides. An 8Gb Micro SD card is also included and pre-installed in the device. There’s nothing special or impressive about the packaging, but I like the full color quick start guide with images and instructions for basic tasks. It’s also great that the phone comes with an HDMI …
Continue readingWhat Should Nokia Call Their Windows Phones?
Nokia seems to have made a nice big list of possible names that they might use to signify their news series of Windows Phones in the U.S., and they thought it might be nice to see what everyone on the internet thinks of them. They’ve created a little poll on polldaddy where you can vote for the names they are currently thinking about. Nokia “Elite”, “Fusion”, “Metro”, and “Genesis” have gathered a lot of votes, …
Continue readingSamsung Galaxy S II Launch Event & Hands-On (Video)
Tonight we were at the U.S. launch of the Samsung Galaxy S II variations coming soon to AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. These devices are similar to Samsung’s international version of the Galaxy S II which is very popular in Europe. Five million have already been sold globally. Samsung also announced their new chief marketing officer Todd Pendleton who previously worked for Nike. The event consisted of a presentation illustrating some of the cool features in …
Continue readingHTC Radar C110e and TITAN X310e Windows Phone 7s
Japanese site, Ameblo, has found an XML file on the HTC Tawain MMS site that references a new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango device called the HTC Radar C110e. The XML file (found here) seems to be used in specifing formatting attributes for MMS picture messages sent to the device. We don’t have many details on the HTC Radar other than its 480 x 800 pixel screen resolution and Internet Explorer 9.0 browser, but there has …
Continue readingCarl Camera’s Response to Molly Wood’s Windows Phone 7 Critique
You may remember how Brandon Watson recently challenged Molly Wood to try Windows Phone 7 since she was frequently complaining about Android. She did a couple video reviews on her blog and came away kind of unimpressed. You can see a little summary of her findings on CBS news as well. Software engineer, Carl Camera, decided to respond to Molly Wood’s video review with a video critique of his own. He’ll go over a few …
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